Reseach information hub in brief
CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd. is establishing the national research information hub at the behest of the Ministry of Education and Culture. The planned service will serve as a warehouse for metadata on, for example, publications, research data, research infrastructures, researchers, projects/projects and research groups.
The amount of different research being produced is increasing along with the advent of digitising research and open science, with information on these being increasingly collected in separate information systems. The sensible and easy management of research outputs requires a uniform specification for research metadata and its seamless processing. Metadata is used in research work and administrative processes related to research, such as information retrieval, funding applications and reporting, publishing, the compilation of statistics and other dissemination of research data.
The rationalisation of information flows lightens the administrative workload and makes them more accessible and easier to find. This will benefit researchers, research organisations, funders and parties making decisions based on data. In addition, research outcomes will be more accessible to citizens using it.